12.3% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Clarendon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Clarendon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Clarendon provide unpaid childcare, making it a place where family care is a major part of daily life. While unpaid care is common, other forms of community activity like volunteering are less frequent than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 12.3% of residents helping out, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family responsibilities are high, as 30.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with a higher number of people doing at least 15 hours of housework (24.6%) and those providing general unpaid care (12.8%).
12.8% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Military service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.6% of the population having served in the Defence Force, a little below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
1.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Clarendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30615/clarendon/topic/community